Battle of Qaraqosh

The Battle of Qaraqosh (18-20 June 2014) was a battle between the Kurdish Peshmerga and the Islamist Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) movement that took place in the Assyrian Catholic city of Qaraqosh in Ninawa Province. 10,000 refugees fled the town as ISIS took over.

Battle
The Kurdish Peshmerga set up a front line in front of the traditionally-Catholic city of Qaraqosh in Nineveh Province, facing the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants who had taken over much of the country. 10,000 Assyrian Catholics fled to Erbil, Dohuk, the Al Qosh area, and wherever they could find safety as shellings began and the two armies clashed. Some local Catholics took up arms to protect their church, saying that they did not belong to the Kurds or the local government.